Time Development of Cerenkov Radiation

Abstract

Most developments of Cerenkov Radiation are in terms of the Fourier components of the fields and power emitted by a single electron. When many electrons in a compact bunch are emitted from an accelerator, the bunch radiates coherently and at a lower frequency than for a single electron. The theory for the time structure of the fields arising from a charge bunch is developed, and it is shown that the source of the radiation is di/dt. Present detector technology should be able to resolve these fields.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA143225

Entities

People

  • Fred R. Buskirk
  • John R. Neighbours

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Cerenkov Radiation
  • Current Density
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Far Field
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Integrals
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Observers
  • Power Series
  • Radiation
  • Time Dependence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics